MEET OUR COACHES

Chelsea grew up in Elkhart, Indiana playing soccer and competed on a hip-hop dance team, including leading her team to The Dance Worlds Championship for the first time in 2008 and again in 2009. She graduated from Purdue University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Nutrition Science, as well as becoming a certified ACE personal trainer. Chelsea immediately was ready for a new adventure, so she packed up her bags and drove out to Denver! She started working front desk at OTF in February and swiftly advanced to also training classes. Chelsea became extremely interested in nutrition and fitness once she began college and wanted to know how to take care of her own health and wellbeing (aka didn’t want to gain the freshman 15!). Evolving over the years, Chelsea now wants to share her knowledge and passion for a healthy lifestyle to inspire others. In her free time, she loves to hike the mountains and visit local breweries. Cheers!

Jake Mendes is a Colorado Native, and a 2010 graduate of the University of Northern Colorado with a BA in Musical Theater and Dance. He lived in New York City for five years, performing, directing and choreographing for Broadway, Off-Broadway and emerging artists, and in 2012 began to combine his love of physicality and form with the health and fitness world. Alongside the classes he teaches at Orangetheory Fitness, Jake continues to act and perform in the Denver area, and is also a part-time theater director at Green Mountain High School. Jake can do the splits, thoroughly enjoys pistachios, and his favorite color is cerulean. (Certified in: ACE Fitness CPT, NCCPT, Annette Lange Pre-Post Natal, ZUMBA, TRX, dotFit Supps)

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WHAT DO YOU BURN FOR?

To take a break from school work!

WHAT’S YOUR GUILTY PLEASURE?

Watching Scandal with a glass of wine and a bowl of popcorn...the Olivia Pope Dinner.

Katy started working at OTF about a year ago and has quickly progressed from working the front desk to training at the Highlands and Union Station locations. Katy has an Associate’s degree in Personal Training from Heritage College. She is a certified ACE trainer, as well as a certified ViPR group fit instructor. She became very interested in fitness through her personal experience in discovering the positive benefits of taking care of your body. This has helped improve her self-confidence, boosted energy, and aide in stress relief. She continually has a desire to help others achieve goals through establishing internal motivation to be involved in physical activity. She spends her free time at the barn with her two horses’ trail riding and instructing the occasional lesson for young, aspiring cowgirls.

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HEART MONITORED TRAINING

Backed by the science of post-exercise oxygen consumption (EPOC), our heart-rate monitored training is designed to keep heart rates in a target zone that stimulates metabolism and increases energy. Our clients burn an estimated 500 to 1000 calories per workout. We are 5 zone heart-rate interval training.

COACH SUPPORT

Working out in a group provides accountability and structure to help achieve fitness goals. You are more likely to get a great workout and better results from the well-rounded movements and pace direction you get in a group setting. The session motivates each other to pick up the pace and reach beyond plateaus. People who workout in groups stick to their goals more consistently than those that workout alone.